For the Agitator,
Lcul Request of Rotwetl Borden, who died
dihttrmaenqe, in . Charleiton, F.eh. 18*
B ta = ;i ; 4,{ ”* 1
■ i • • Tbs'dwlh Siirittli’ea tftttri
•. ■• •1
rriM 'Ciali Mffiif KryffliHdrtin ' ''
AfcdneetWiUilWhiifd'
Of your father* hN Meeeinf
■ £re GjjdxioUi erjprpfnd ■„
Tnil he come to hi* heme., ~ „ ,
A'ftd lhe btiut
In'ydnder brltht Ift4rt#T
WMre aJI »re »i r**<‘
m o
•■r- ,rV. "rn
’.(ihiliid ,
V■ • i
in •
jKneel closely beside me ■
-a' JkndM'myfiaad'mbt'' ’
On mch brow, ondthea,fi»lea
To inylartrequeat.',,, ...
Itjs lb ie—“db not linqarn
' When gWie lo mV
Bat (ireptre Utere lb mdrtlßse
la timt ,blessed dome.
■i -;
“And
And help'lmr lo beir - o
Hw weighlqf afflictions
In tbis world of one,.
Tllfcy’ll be short, iiir I leel
That her life Will soon close,
And in teat’ll she will mebt (ds
And find hef reimb, ■”
A "fire Well slots gently
U|*m Ihe still sir, • - ■ -
firepihing music most sweet
Of |he ,bright sod the IWlr*
Then ihe sjjlrit arose' 1 '
Took ilsflijhlsnd vntsgone,
One prayer Was the answer-*
“Tar Wiuhbi it Dona 1” W.J. L
MEN IN CHINA.
SrnJoti.v Bowbi.no has sent Wthe Lon
don Athenfeumab eirrly copy of a Idler on
the population of China, addressed 10 the
Registrar General, London, nnd read to the
China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.
We copy a few paragraphs ;
The Population —There has been no of
ficial census taken since the time of Kin
King, forty-three years ago. Much doubt
n>w b-en thrown upon the accuracy of those
returns, which give 362,447,183 «s the total
number of the mb ibitants of Chinn, I think
our greater knowledge of lb- country in
creases the evidence in favor of the apprnxi
mitlVe correptness of ihe official document,
ami that we may with tolerable safety estimate
Ihe present population of the Chinese empire
t’ between 350,000,000 and 400,000,000 ol
human beings. The penal laws of China
make provision for a general system of reg
istration ; and corporal pumshinenis, gener
ally amounting to a hundred blows of the
btimboo, are to be inflicted on (hose who neg
lect to make the proper returns. The ms
ehirtefy is confided to the elders of the dis.
Inc', and the census is required to be annu
ally liken ; but 1 have no reason to believe
the law is obeyed, or the neglect of it pun
ished.
Divisions of Men. —According to ancient
usage, the population in China is grouped un
der four heads: 1. Scholars ; 2. Husband
men; 3. Mechanic* ;4. Merchants. There
is a nutWhfoas class who are al
mo*t t* soli's I outcasts, such ns stage-play
ers, prolessi—— l gninoters, ueggaro, Cblivifoi,
outlaws, and others; and these probably
form no' part of the population returns. In
the more remote lural districts, ou the othey
hand, the" returning officer most probably
contents .himself with giving ihe average of
more accessible and better peopled localities.
1 hive no meansW obtaining any satis*
factory .tables to show the proportions which
different ages bear to'one another in China,
or me average mortality at different periods
of human life, yet to every decade.nf fife the
Chinese apply some special designation.—
The age of ten is called •“ the Opening De
gree twen;y, “'Youth Expired j - ’ thirty,
“Strength and Marriage; 1 lurty, “ Offic
ially Apt fifty, “Error-knowinn “sixty,
"Cycle Closing seventv, “ Rare Bird of
Age;" eighty, “Rusty Visaged;’’ ninety,
“Delayed;" one hundred, “Ace’s Extrem
ity ” Among ihe Chinese the amount of ‘
reverence grows with the number of years. |
Emigration from China. —The constant
how ot emigration from China, contrasted .
wlh the ’ complete absence of immigration
into China, is striking evidence of)he red
undancy of ihe population ; fir though Ifiat
emigration is almesl wholly confined to .two
Provinces, namely, Kwang-lung and Fopk
tea, represeming together a population of
Drobablr from 34,000.,000 to 35,000,000, I
am disposed to thmk that a number nearer
3.0UJ.00D ih in 2,000,000 from these prov
mces alone are located m foreign countries.
In the kingdom of Siam, it is estimated that
mere are ai len-l a million and n hnlfof Chi
nese, of which ‘200,000 are in the capital,
(b-mgkok.) Thov crowd nil ihe islands of
the Indian Archijtelago, In’Ja»a, we know,
by a correct census, there are 136,000. — 1
Cochin China teems with Chinese, In this
colony we are seldom without one, two, or
three vessels taking Chinese emigrants to
California and other places. Huttiludfes go
to Australia, m the Philippines, to the Sand
wioh Islands, to ihe western coast of Central
and Southern America; some have mad£
their wa> to British India. The emigration
tojha, British West Indies has been consider
■ We—to the Havana greater still; The sin
mikl arrivals in Singapore atre estimated at'
an average of lo.ouo. and 3,061) is the
number that are said annually to return to
Ching. J
There is not only this enormous maritime
emigration,-bul b-'cnnsidcrnlilß inland efflux'
of Chinese toward Thibet •
and it miiyteaiddrd, Ihal the- large-andfer
lile islands of Fbrmoia and Hainan have
been, to a great Mlbni, won fritm the ahbri
by successive iafonds o/ Chinese, set
tj?W. /Now these are-nil mßles-r-tbete is not
• wojhsn to ten tliousattd men j henoejoper*
hup*, the email social value of (he ferhalß ini
fam, Yeiihfi ohtflWihg of’(feu
pie*iema.lnA»Q «ip£«td dWSirtrih fJWWim-
Mf;bf thrd& U'hb / arti fdft 1 billing
narhpn ledye/ jfieVr ’epuniry; ‘ Wiihogf g tin tf
purpose, to return to worship in;tbe ancestral
h*H i to bring eaonfinhs to rhe lombrpf'iheih
f,, hfrsi butjt Hudbted if;tffleli) Wrf
Jut Hie’ fbri bf iife
from disease, from bad arrangements, from
shipwreck, a»4 other casualties, amounts to
vr '• t
Y!i.xi;rJL
nf;rtV'!:) i"i)'oi':.i ni
i* -bn
VjtiiOKifi'i.•wftoiuui iio! la l '**
| £{ff ihmUvi'JrZ ;h<h* } >;
A
<t ‘ tort
><3*o *Sfu
iIT.O-v fl.
U*'> -i: T Ur-n* ?n vhllj 1m ~i:.l>iU ), ~ \ ' . “ ''■ 11 ■■; ■ ' ■—■ u jmj m y«
U b« Bcbotca to
: - L '’".' '''l I ' fl '' l p,: ' 1 "/f'b 1 3 -!' ,| ‘- ■,-^,!..i„, < '. n> ,: ■<■• h(|..H« , .n» .‘OH lillW) CT..,1)-r«i lritr?n»f,r p-.-II n>, n.,*wtoi-■ =a=-a.—- -•-
f W^>rTDßW^Tr' l fWP ’ Ir -■' ■ • 01 U '-K a "■< ■ 3 '"^ l »’''■'<■* -"I «> yfiiMri • <i.* > *IW sitaai -if V» .n;--., IrmC
.iiiiS^w5 u *sir?v- : f s ™?. •. . : 1 «t- 4W*W- op.yiPDseßTjjiP.'TPU, iqmmnH&inmr* 1
■ Vot;t
1 f; tr^rm;
-t"" f!
. JWSBK
>C"W,ns'.ui ft• '; • „ —: ——•. • -
| frigfytfuf ( ptrceulage ,op thosa.who emi
■griie. _' o ~ i; . , iu i
iFoad tinii Culiiealion.—Tbe qrpjofdraii).
mg artij presb*vihgi preparing,
and apjilying manure id a i»reaf t/irieiyof
»h»pes-K)f ferliliiing seeds—-indeed, ail ’ the
■delnils of Ghineser; agricuburew-are' well de
serving of noie, and all display evidence of
ihe inadequate proportion which the produce
of the Sotf boars lo ihe demanda for the con
aumpiiun of the~penple. *■ ./ , ■ .■ in'
- The Chinese, again, hive, no prejudices
whatever as regard* food s they,eat anything
and qvejyihipg from:which they can, denye
Ituiriiioft. Dogs, especially puppies, are ha
bitually sold for food j and I have seen in the
buicherd* shops large dogs akidned and hang
ing wnh tfrir viscera by the side of pi js and
goals. Even io rats and micb the Chinese
have no objection, neither lo (Be. flesh of mon
keys and snakes; is ap arisio-
Critical And coStly dgbgacy, which is never
framing,' any mortMhan ihe edible birds’-
nests, at a.feast where honoris intended to
be done to the guests. Unhatched ducks and
chickens are a favorite dish. Nor .do the
early singes of putrefaction create any dis
gust ; rotten eggs are by no means condem
ned lo perdition ; fish is the more acceptable
when it has a strong fragrance and flavor, to
give more gusto to the rice.
As the food the Chinese eat is fot tho most
pari hard, coarse, nod of little cost, so their
beverages are singularly economical. Drunk
enness is a rare vice in China, and fermented
spirits or strong drinks ate Seldom used.—
Tea rttnv be said lo be the national, the uni
versal beverage; and though th it employed
by the multitude does not cost more than
Irom 3d. to 61. per lb., nit infusion of less
costly leaves is commonly .employed, espec
ially ittyutcalities remote from the ten districts,
jßo'h in eating and drinking, the Chinese are
temperate, and are satisfied with two daily
"meals—'• the morning rice” at about ten
«. m., and “the evening rice” at five p. m.—
The only repugnance 1. have observed in
China is in ihe use of milk—no exinnrdinn
ry prejudice, especially Considering the Tar
lay influences which have been long domi
nant in Ihe land; but I never saw or heard
of butter, cream, milk, or whey, being intro
duced at any native Chinese table.
Ravages of Famine and Disease. —There
is probably no part bf the world in whichthe
harvests of mortality are more sweeping and
destructive than in Chinn, producing voids
which require no ordinary appliances to fill
up. Multitudes perish absolutely from Ihe
want of means of existence ; inundations
destroy lotyna and villages and all their in.
Habitants, it wouiu m.. „„ w
the loss of life by the typhoons or hurricanes
which visit the coasts of Chinn, in which
boats and junks are sometimes sacrificed h\
hundreds and by thousands. • The late civil
wars in' Chiba must have led to the loss bf
milhons of lives. The sacrifices of human
beings by executions alone are frightful. At
the moment in which I write, it ,js believed
ihai from four hundred to five hundred vic
tims full daily by ihe hands of the headsman,
in the province of Kwang.tung alone. Rev.
erence for life there h) none, as life exists in
superfluous abundance. A dead body is at)
object of so lit lie cimcern, that it is sometimes
nut while to remove it from
the spot where it putrefies on the earth.—
Often hive I seen a corpse under the table
of gamblers —often have I trod over a putrid
body at the threshold of a door. In many
ports of China there are lowets of brick or
stone, whe/e toothless —principally Ihmnlu—
children are thrown by 'heir parents into a
hole made into the side of Ihe wait.
Infanticide. —There Bre vnVious opinions
as to the extent of infanticide in China ; but
that it is a common practice in mutiny pros,
inces ndnti's of no doubt. One ol' the most
eloquentChine.se writers against infanticide—
Kwoi Chung Fu—professes to have been
specially inspired by “the god of literature”
to call upon the Chinese people to refrain
from the inhuman practice, and declares that
.“the god” hid filled his house with honors,
and given ,him literary descendants, as the
recompense for his exertions. Yet his de
nunciations scarcely go .further than to pro
nounce it wicked in ihnse to destroy their
female children who have the means of bn tig--
ing them up. Father Rtpa mentions,-that of
abandoned children, the-Jesuits baplize in
Pekin alone not less than three , thousand
yearly. 1, have seen ponds which are.lhe
habitual receptacle of fetuale whose
bodies lie floating about on (heir surface.
Polygamy.— Generally* the wife willingly
coincides. with ■he. husband in introducing
into the household any number of concubines
whom he is able to maintain ; since she ex
ei'cfkes' over them anf undoubted mithoiily,
atid'the Child of a concubine is bUtfod to.pay!
hijher respect to the’ first wife than to jisnwn
mother. The Chinese illusiraie all Ihedo*
mesiio .relations by imagery,(Hid are wonl lo
B»y„ | |'P l , 'he husband is ihe sun and the
wile >he moon, so the concubines are the
planets add ihe’stars of the domestic firma
meHt I .' '•’ '
'fiWt'lakf of and
miWibtV IhbPpeitand thebabiatf ihb 'tbcTbl
pjfra'tiiid:’' . ' 1 ' ri t 1
" "TH6 senliftiehtbT'dishrtnor attached to ilia
eatiiictibh‘of a face By the wbmof desdetVd
hpis, ihHntgh whPiivihe .whftlp line of reirer
'erinal' services 'sbcrie'liatte called re-
If&ptis worship) rendered to'-ancestor's is to
lie perpetual 1 , is by Wd means confined to the
(irivijbged classes in China., One of pur fe
male servants—a nominal Christian ex
pressed Her earnest desire that Her husband
should have, another wife in her pbsenbp, and
seepied quite surprised that any one should
suppose such an Jprraiigemeni .io be in any
respect improper..
~ „The, msrriaga..of,,children, is one pf the
great concerns,of; families,,, Scarcely is,a
child born in’the higher ranks of life, ere the
quesiiqn of its future espousal becomes p,fre
quent topic of discussion.. There is a large
body of professional matchmakers, whose
business it is to put all the preliminary ar
rangements in’ train, 10. settle questions of
dowry, to accommodate differences, to report
on the pros and coup, of suggested alliances.
There being no hereditary honors in China,
except those which reckon upward from the
distinguished son to the father, the'grnhdfa
rher, and the whole line of ancestry, which
may be ennobled bv the literary or tparrial
genius of a descendant—the distinctions of
caste are unknown; and a successful' stu
dent evetf of the lowest origin, would be
deemed a fit match for the moat opolent and
distinguished female in the community. The
severe laws which prohibit marriage within
certain degrees of affinity (they do not, how
ever, interdict it with a deceased wife's sister)
'end lo make marriages more prolific, and to
produce a healthier race of children.- < So
strong is the objection to the marriage of
blood relations, thai-a man and woman of the
same Sing, or family name, cannot (awfully
wed. v
“Some Shaking.*’
Tom is a queer genius, and lets off some
tall ones occasionally. He visited os the
other day in our sanctum, with a “How do
you do, old feltow ?”
“H illoh, Tom, ,r said we, “where have you
been so long?” ' "y
“Wh.v, sir, I have been down on'SeVen
RiVer, in Anne Arundel countv, inking some
Shanghai notes nn the chills nnd fever.”
"Ah indeed!” said wej “are ihoy very
bad down there ?”
"Rather 'bad,”’ said Tom, dryly. "Therb
is nnn place where they'have been attempt
ittg to build a brick house for eight weeks:
"> '1 . * ‘ ■ O-* ihtt JiuiJ'Jaj”''"*.—
up the bricks preparatory lb brushing it, they
were token wit'll a chill, and shook the whole
building completely down, and kepi on shak
ing till Ihe brinks were dusi of the finest
quality. Just al that juncture the chills citme
rill wilh renewed force, and they commenced
shaking up the dust with such gusto, that
lhev were entirely obscured for' two hours,
and (he people of the neighbuihood thought
ihe sun was in an eclipse.”
■' ‘y 1 [From ilniof £U ricent ’"'’ ■ 1 ' n, ‘
O -!-i:l !.,:>« ;,,, I -,• . , ~ !,;TC_ j
Sotne of you have been ’bronchi heforethd
High,Council charged with this fault and'With
ihal.nand you snythit it is loomnch foryriu
.cannot, bear it, But you have
|B 01 to bear it, and if you will not, makeup
ypurtriiqds logn-,to hell at once and have
(tones with it, .-.'if you do wrong, and ji is
mademanifest before the High Council;-dort'i
grunnabout-if, nor whine about yOur faking,
precious chnrHcler, but Consider that you'haVe
nonet' that isthebest why to gfet along with
i f - ,My fiarishaVe scandalized mesince IhaVe
brfeii in Ihochdrcb, arid I have IreCn asked:
“Brothel Brigham, ard you h- going-to bear
this? ','p u yhii notknow Ihatsuch-atid-stiCh
person's' drß"Bcahd«( , izmg your character
Said IJ M db'noi know that I have Any Chrir
ndfer; ‘I have neyCr alopped to inquire wheth
er I hHve one o ! r not. 'll is for me to pursue
a ctnirse'that Will build up the kingdom of
God on the earth, and you niay take my
character to 6d what you please; I care not
what you do with it, so you but keep your
blinds oflTfrom me. If you ore brought be
fore the High Council, or before a bishop’s
court, atjd it is proven before either of lapse
tribunals that you are covetous, don’t fly in a
passion and become so egciled that yoit .are
ready to burst, 1 may see fit to expose some
men who have not , paid their, tithing; now
if ypu are going to get nervous about it, and
ore afraid of bursting, let me know, and we
will slip'amegg-shell over you and your pre
cious characters. What precious characters
spine of you had in Wales, in England, in
Scotland, and perhaps in Ire'and 1 .
Do not be .scared if it is pioven against
same, before the bisnop’s court, that you did
steal the poles from yuttr neighbor’s garden
fence. If you did, it would-be fnY-beiter for
you to gethghthp and own'd—fur you have 1
in reality lost your character before God, an
gels and men—and thgp refnlin from such
evils and establish a good character.
It would be better for you to do that than to
become angry when your (anils are made,
manifest. If it is proven before the High
Council that you did steal a .beef creature,
don't get angry, but rise up and ticknoa ledge
that you did B'eal il. If it is proven that you
were in some person’s wond pile and stole
wood,.don’t be frightened, for if you will
steal, it must be made manifest. Some one
may say* “Why, I-did not lhink saints Were
guilty of such deeds?” Norleither. Such
crimes are committed bv people who gather
with the saints to trv them, to afflict and an
noy them, and drive them to their rimy.
“Can’t believe anything like that, Tom'.”
“Its a (act,” said Toml and resumed:
“there is a farmer down there, who, in apple
picking season, hauls his niggers out in the
orchard and sets one up against each tree.
In a short lime Ihe chill conies on, and every
apple m the orchard is shaken off ihe tree un
to ihe ground.”
“Incredible,’’ said we, holding our sides
with limb hands.
“Fsci,” said Tonv; “ihev keep a" man
alongside of each negro lo take him away a 4
soon as ihe fruit is off fur tear lie will shake
down.” Tom continued : “Mr. S.',
aTnend of mine and n house carpenter, was
eugsged a few days ago in-covering the roof
of a house with shingles. Just ns he was
“finishing,’’ the chHI came on and he shook
every shingle off the root'. Some of them
arc supposed to he flying abrint yet.
“Another gentleman near ihe same piece,
was taken with a.chill the other day at din
ner, and shook his knife and fork down his
ihroal, besides breaking all his crockery ware
on ihe table. His little son, who was sitting
at the table atlhe same lime, was taken with
ihe chill and shook all Ihe buttons off his in
expressibles, and then shook himself clear of
theth.”
“We then prevailed upon Tom to desist,
who did so, wilh the understanding.that he
whs lo give us the balance at some other
time. Persons who- think of emigrating to
A nee Arundel county will please lake notice.
* ft.fk *»- * L-.l x- U „
scouring two or three months hgo, about re
turning lost property when found, one nr two
men brought in'two or three rusiynails of no
value, which they h-id picked up. This'wns
taninmnunl to saying “Brother Sprague, if
we had found Brigham’s purse, wtj would see
you in hell before ivb would return it.” We
wish id impress upon you the necessity nf
your bringing the u* you find, the hpy fork,
or any other lust properly which you find, to
the -person who is Appointed in lake charge
ol.such properly, that the owners may again
possess it. But if you should pick up a piece
of rotten wood, nnd bring it lo brother Brig
ham or brother Sprague, with a show of hon
esty, and in derision of the counsel you. h ive
received, it would be like saying: “If.we
could find pr steal your pursek, you should
never sea them again. . VVe are poor, misera.
bin devils, and mean to live here by stealing
from the saints; and you cannot help your
selves.”
Do you not suppose lhat it. is necessary to
have devils mixed up wilh usto make saints
ol us I We are us yet obliged lo haVe devils
in our community ; we could nut build up the
kingdom without them. Many of you know
that you cannot get your endowment, wi-fiout
ihe Devil’s being present; indeed, wfi cannot
make rapid progress without the devil. I
know that it frightens the righteous sectarian
world to think lhat we have so maqy devils
with us—so mahy poor, miserable curses.
Bless your souls! we could no! prosper in the
kingdom of Gud without them. We must
have those amongst us who will,steal our
fence poles, who will go nnd .steal hay from
their neighbor’s' hajr stack, or go inro’ihe
corn-field to steal corn, nnd leave the fence
down; nearly that is dropped, in the
kanyon must be picked up by and the
scores of lost'watches, gold rings, breastpins,
&c., tnust get into' their hands, though' they,
will not wear them in your sight, li is'es
sentiully necessary to have such characters
here. '
Curled.—A celebrated .French surgeoh
has lately published a long dissertation on the
beneficial influence of groaning find'crying,
on I he nervous system, fie chnlends tW
groaning And crying are lli,b Iwb grand
rations by which Kifyire allays miguish—ihftl
hi has uniformly observed that'those'patients
Who give why to ihelr natural feelings', more
speedily recover ffom accitotia and opera
lion’s, Ihan those Who'pujtpose that it' is’iin
worthy atnait to heVray such symptpnrts of
doWardiceas ellher'jogrosri Or' id,cry. ,He
is always' pleased tfy the crying ah’d Violent
roaring of a patient, during' Vfie. time h‘a is
undergoing a yioleny'surgical dfieyalion, be
chuse ,|ie is iaiisfied i|ia\' hB Will rtierety
snolWhis nervous system so as. fo‘prevent
fever, and insure a fa vnrah'd termination. He
relates the case’of a manw’ho by cryipg
bawlW, rediiced his pulse from onehuodred
1". I o v. ! ;r, i-jjy 111
and cveniy.-tix, to sixty in theeourae or two
hjiuWf I aame patients
greijf relieT froni crying, and , facts whiciTliW
persbh will’deify. Aato 'reatlelw and tW(ip ;
ehondlriHiinl'sbhjecft, or those Whbarebsvefr
happy' bm when iheyi aro unddr eomel coarse
of niediesf or dietetic treatment,the French
surgeon assures them that they capnnt da
better than to groan all day and cry all night.
Live'here, then, you poor, miserable cur
ses, until the time of retribution, when your
heads will have hpen severed from your bod
ies. Jujjt let the. Lord Almighty say, “|»y
judgment: to ihe.iinaland righteousness to the
i plummet,” and the time of thieves is short
in this crtmnitiniiy . '
Alloy of Metals. —Professor Calvert, of
Gugland, has.'iaucceeded irt producing two
new alloys, composed of,front combined -With
that valuable' tnetallately obtained by M. De
ville—aluminum, • These tWo alloys nreicom
posed ot follows; .First, 1 eqqivalpmor alum
inum, 5 /ge‘dihd, 2 equi-
Vale&ts Of aluminum, ? equivalents of iton;
ahd {he Ifist nljny posjsdssed proper
i y offint ,QXy d ain g‘ wjiepc x pose d ,tu. ad arn p
n into sphere, 1 although it' contains jtj per ppm
of- iroq. n Thus i* one. of thq grpat
chemical: and commercial , questions of the
thaj cLteoderiog iron.jess oxy r
expos ediiodamp.ntmosphere.
And it has bfeti often nhd truly observed;
rtiat thnughthe Chinese may be culled sensu*
ali*i«, there is-no; deification-of-fhe grosser
sennualiin-s, surh as.isTuuodin the olaafical
Pagtheuns t and in . many of tl>R Oriental,
forms of fait h. If ale* of ihe aninursof their
iVi’><3B a (id heroes seldom fuureihtheir bis*
fHHc«T , b(ibk<r of tfadiVliinal W*
drtwto hfidWieWial habits id
China are invariably modest ; and, on (Ms
whole, the social arrangements must be «m.
sldiriw ! We(iily' l (6 ari i attjJmeniaiibh bf ihe
bQiWiii ratte. The.'dotbbstfc -nlftsciiohh'bfd
Parenls 'sra generally fohd and
proud of their children, and the children obe*
dient to iheir parents, Order is f indeed, the
./A ipgb remnrkn))le rap
nplhing-rfqr t jie L bip»elf hadTqamspfrfaiibjj
mediums for wrappers in his warehouse.
A ii t I
' ■' ID < >^T?T.T/:;
htttn<j%ciuju :i;» in£®[2''* *V/* -W- fti« yU;M/ J
.uoiwtf//* >tf7ssTO I'i.’ith'l wJ oi -•)<> *
linunjli' |
T-ntfoiiAiiiUtuir: urtoiirltmun
PUBLISHERS'*- PROPRIETORS.
; ill limitr’.iu-i*! -io^i
', nwHof,Santa.QritZj.Qa/i
-forniijj (here is a small romantic but secluded
mountain-bound valley, .containing about’lso
ahreinf level end fertile land,- formdd around
i he jfinclitm of two small j|om
the noriHetist and' porth" oul of Wfn^eep,pan
yons. ;In ite forks .of these creeks rises u>
the elevation of fourorfive hundred feet, a
rugged mbuntaip df sand ; at its point, wtycli
is nearly ' perpendicular,' and perhaps 3Q or
40 steps from its, (wse.js an oblong, ancient,
and certainly interesting .ruin covering an
area of'loo feet west and east,‘and 60 feet
•north and'soulh. 'No walls are, now to; be
seen, (orjjf.spch-, there be they cpvpred
with-sand; which to.all.appearance ba» grad
ually fallen from the point of this moonthin,
'which'hasevidenlly formed a little more than
hillf a,pyramid, perhaps 60 feet high, ffie
base'of which covdrs over two'acrps o| lapd ;
the sides.of which rise .at an angle of over
40 degrees, and'are composed of Iduse.eand,
in walking over which yolt sink two or three
ipches at every atep you take. An occasion
al shrub is seen growing over it, and several
large pitch pine trees are also growing on inis
half'mound, resting on its north'side against
the base of the sand mounain before refer
red in., On 'ihiyt pari of this half mound,
facing to the west, is seen all the evidene.es
of a building. There were pillars of solid
masonry rising out'of a cdarse, sand rock,
that is. exceedingly hard. The masonry is
laid in cement; the pillars are circular, and
of various sizes—from 1$ to 2J Teel in diam
eter —nil but two or three of'the largest have
circular flues, as if" they might have been in
tended to conduct smoke from the building
below, and for this reason we call them chim
nies. The other pillars were solid, and nil
ol them were circular on the outside; the
masonry is not only of-the most substantial
character, but unique in the manner of fitting
nniflapping the pieces together, that in the
writer’s opinion is more substantial than that
of the present mode of laying down a work
of a similar character. Starting in this val
ley from the level ’plateau due west of the
ruin, and going'up the side of the mound of
sand before spoken of, about forty steps, you
will come in contact with the west line of the
ruin, as indicated by these pillars,' they, be
ing so arranged as to show the outline of an
oblong structure. These pillars number
a bout thirty, and appear to be regularly dis-.
persed around the exterior, except the three
largo ones, which seem to run through the
building at about 13 feel south of the north
line, and five chimnies in a cluster, being
about two" feel a|ffln, •«.. ... i ino onrl ono
to another.-near the centre of the east end of
the ruin. 1 .
Anecdote of a Fvt Min.—‘■Biddv,’’
said a lady in the city of Guiham, one morn
ing, ns she was recoonoilcring in kiichen,
to her., ser.qppl, l ,‘wb«l a quantity of soap
grease yoo baye gnt We ~can get
plenty of sonpfpr it, and .we must exchange,
it for some. Watch f(\r the .fnt man
and when ho comus along, tell him 1 want to
speak lo him.’’ ' • •
“Yes, ma’am, ’’ snvs between each
twi'ch of her dish-cloth,keeping a bright look
out of the kitchen window, find no moving
creature escaped her watchful gaze. At lasi
her industry seemed Jo be.iew-irdcd, for down
iha street came a large,, pnrlly gentleman,
flourMii'qj* a cane, and looking the picture
of good humor, Sure wh"n he was Iron'
of the house out she flew and informed him
that her mistress wished to speak lo him.
“Speak, to me, my good girl?” said the
gentleman.
I‘Yes, sir, wants lo speak to ve, and says,
would ye be good enough lo walk in, sir ?”
This request, so direct, it could hot be re
fused ; so, in a a'aie of some wonderment up
the steps went the gentleman, nnd up ibe
stops went Bridget, and- knocking at her
mistress’s door pul Iter head in and
exchiipted
“Ful gentleman’s in Ihe parlor, mum.” So
saying, she instantly withdrew to the lower
regions.
“In the parlor,” thought the lady ; “what
can it mean ? Bridget must have blundered
but down 'to the parhtr she-went, and was
met with a mou graceful bow. 1 ’
“Your servant informed me, madam, that
you would like to'speak to me—al yourser
vi ce,'tnndiim.”
The mortified mistress Saw the 1 stale of the
case immedmteVyj arid a smile wreathed li-c-li
about her mouth in spite of herself, as she
said : * ■
' ‘‘WilTynu phrdnn the terrible blunder of a'
raw Irish girl, mv dear sir? I' told h"r'to
cult in the fat man to lake away the' soap
grease, when she made a mistake you see.’ 1
The jolly fat gentleman leaned bank in his
chair, and laughed sich a hearty ha ! ha ! ha !
as never comps from your lean gentry.
apologles needed, madam, 4 ’said he:
“h is decidedly thq, best j ike of the season.
Ha! he! so she 190 k me fur the snap-grease
man, did.-she] -It wjll keep npe laughing .for
monlhs-r’-s.uch a good,joke !”
■ And qll up street and. round the corner wqs
hprrd the, merry, ha I ha! of lhe old gentle,-
manushe.brought down,bis enne eyery now
and then, and. exclaimed—r‘‘auch a joke!” .
To. open a "hank requires less capital
o.nr. nt: , ■ . ■■■,:, a: „■ w
tpqq. people imagine. All that a .nec
essary is two shillings to buy a-sriow shovpj.
1 i.Ncver mount up high if you are likely lo
become, giddy; many a man falls from 100
exalted 'nhtinns of himself. 1
4” y«« n R lady Who was' rehtiked’W'Kjb
.kisying he;
jspjf py quoting,!ho nossage—
yoj'wpuld that men.' should dp upto' yfiuj'do
'yiileycn’iotntbemi” -
1
Bow Jim Whlcker'B Head got Bali,
tftrfAW(Hk«<#lil o>ddl«&imVffl£&low,
with avery but by reason o£
hayingi vorjr'OFdi from his
fcJtflsbnstjO «rlL»tb9.#(ry "rottndio* thfeback'hr
> iwast'eary sensitive ttbouniia
<W«ct» iMW.jwah laorowhatvMle’f^e^'ffora
rfciWn
hi* hair to grow, oir hislshfiiiag-j«U;'%ia
a.d*!** l . ‘9 !*yf JOf, flf; liw bead with
w»fah!gross.”—
Jiro r . w ouldn?t M wjih Cppiqig Wild,
Jl's ywen, but g|Bft httd ihe key *ll
."‘he M sP«WWWB i'-ino
tie enlightened hi« auditory
, aftrfr fKla faaWb.V. , , t , ■ ~„ *
'“Yon,sea'tho^ar.,di | d i keepratherscanro
■ tiMp Wwrojp,,airjj 'J. was rubbing in one
'hipg a >'<| aq.hh’er to, fplqh il out, for I was
SHriain', the rr&ts'wasn't' dpad, though tbar
(iUIO to be seen above (he ground.. 1M
heard of bars’s greasp, nod bought a gallon
ih bottles; bhtj' believe' it was nothing .but
hog’s lard dud mutton taller; so i thought!
would have the genuine article, and f got p(d
Dan jo go ouiap3~kiU something formy
especial bdn'efit. ‘' Dan' told men way ip J fie
Spring, and’ that the bar was inbad health
and 'faiit of sdaSbo j but I believed He w*s
trying id quiz Pie, and wouldn't take ho for
an apswer. A aljqrt huh't fetched a criltyr
‘at baV, ad'd’pjp. 'by a shot 'in the vitals,
■‘ s iVe'd the vaf(hihl ,* , bui the bar tops in 'a
h&d condiilori, forhe looked seedy as an old
Canada he had hardly ile enough
in bird to keep his jitits' from squeaking, but
What Jhe did haye 1 got; and used ; and stran
ger,” said Jim, looking sorrowfully round da
the company, “intho days whai linle har
I had ' co'rtiirtenced falling off, and in a week
bwas tis bald ns a gun-barrel. Dan wpa
right; fheyarmim was a shedding himself,
and hud nothing in him hut har shedding ile,
and'the consequence is, I can’t in the dark
tell rhy head frhm a dried gourd, i f I depend
op itelm.”— Harper's Magazine.
Prating to the,Point. — A cerioih law.
yor who, whilom, dwelt in one of our New
England towns, no\ed for his overreaching
and shortcomings, during a revival came un
der conviction and requested prayers for the
furtherance of bis- conversion. His appeal
was responded to .by one of the saints, an
eccentric ’but very pious old man, honest,
plain, blunt, square-toed, and flat footed, who
thus weni ai it; “We do most earnesdy en
treat thee, O Lord; to sanctify our penitent
brother here; fill his heart Withgondnessand
grace, so that he shall hereafter forsake his
evil ways and follow in the right path. VVa
do know, however, that it is required of him
who has appropriated worldly goods to him
self unlawfully and dishonestly, that he shill
make restitution fourfold ; but we do beseeth
thee to have mercy on this our ening brother,
«s it would be impossible for him to do" that,
and let him offfor the best he can do without
beggaring himself entirely, by his paying
iwenty-Bve cents on the dollar.” ” 1
The next supplicant -hi the same meetihg
was air elderly maiden who got her (Hug by
going into different families and spinning for
them.. She also had been famous for her
shortcomings—never giving full counts off
hoc yarn ; the forty threads to'a knot was a
point which she never reached. The blunt
old man, inns u,,, o or tier case;
“Reform, O Lord, the heart of thy handmaid
here, before thee, we beseech theo; and will
ibou enable her to count forty,”
A Touching Scute.—A correspondent of
the -Emura Republican .-ays ihn>.. in a (rip
over ih>- tfew York and Erie road, an. incident
Recurred (hat (ouched every beholder’s heart
witli pily. A comparatively young, lady,
dressed in deep mourning, her husband having
recenlly died, was (raveling southward, hi\v
mg in her care and,.keeping a young daugh
ier of some six,,y ears. .The lillle girl wap
as wild eyed us on autumnal sky and delic.tlp
and transparent as of Ceylon.
Touchingly beautiful was ibe affection of her
heart for the liiotiyer, whose solicitpde for the
daughters comfort was unceasingly monifes,-
ted.. Looking ever and anon from the car
window eaying : “Molher, 1 am weary
when.shall,we get home?’’ After alimeshe
fell into a gerylp slumber and awakening.sod
dunly—a radium smile' overspread, her fpa
lures, she exclaimed pointing upward,
•‘Moiher, tlujro is papa iyhome at last!” and
expired. It was yei many a weary .mile lo
the moiher’s hon]e,,but the angels pitying ijie
Jiule sufferer, gathered .her lo the Paradise oV
Innocence.
Nature and examining fhb
edge of a very’keen razor with a microscope,
it will appeiVr'as broad as the hack of a thick
knife'; rough', unevhn, full of notches and
furrows. An exceedingly small needla re
sembles an iron bar. Bul'lho sting of a bcO
seen through the same instrument, exhibits
everywhere a polish .most amazingly beauti
ful, without ihe leasi flaw, blemish or inequaT
ity, and it ends with a point too fine lo be
discerned. A small piece of exceedingly find
lawn appears, through a microscope tike a
hurdle or lattice, and the threads themselves
seem coarser than the yarn with which topes
are-made- for anchors. But.a silk worm’s
web appears perfectly smooth; and shining,
and everywhere etjual.'The smallest dot that
can be.rnqde withy pen appears,’when viewed
bv 4 microscope,, .an irregular spot, rough,
jagged and uneven, —but the little specks on
the wings or o( insects are to be found
lo.be most acctlcqiely circular. So great .is
the contrast between the works of God.and
man.
Tfis Effects w Ooido*
The imfenS’e cold, this winler, has'irtcreased
ihs working expenses of the ’railroods
throughoul the .Northern Slates^’for break
ages, in a mosi extraordinary manner. • - 1 1'fs
welt known that during (rbsty weather a (hide
bur of cast.iron cam be broken with I 'great
ease, byasmartblow' from a ■ mallei'; anil
the.same can bedpne.'bul not sd - easily, • wth
a. bar ofiwrodghtiron. On ihis accounlvtho
locomotives omhti'jha railroads have .bad a
serious.lilmerif it/b'y.breakages from.frequent
•cb'ncußsioris. while running. 'The machine
shops at lhetklaiions-have been working dav
and night.: Puinps have beeii' frozen end
bursted, slide rods and connecting rdlsnmf
a*les Ijrqken, and .vyroughi-ifon tires, three
/inches thick, ttf hi»vo knapped ; like
rings of glasV; ‘